#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# SONG: The Devil's Right Hand BAND: Steve Earle ALBUM: Copperhead Road (1988) TABBED BY: Ross Guertin (ross_guertin@yahoo.ca) TUNING: EADGBe E'Bout (022100@1)the time my daddy left to fight the big war E (022100@1) BI (x2444x@1)saw my first pistol in the general store BIn (x2444x@1)the general store, I was thirteen B (x2444x@1) EI (022100@1)thought it was the finest thing I ever had seen EAsked (022100@1)if I could have it someday when I grew up BMama (x2444x@1)dropped a dozen eggs and really blew up BShe (x2444x@1)really blew up, I didn't understand B (x2444x@1) EMama (022100@1)said the pistol is the devil's right hand CHORUS: AThe (x02220@1)devil's right hand E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) EThe (022100@1)devil's right hand B (x2444x@1) EMama (022100@1)said the pistol is the devil's right hand. My very first pistol was a cap and ball colt. Shoot as fast as lightnin' but she'd load a might slow. Load a might slow. I soon found out it'll Get you into trouble,but it can't get you out. So then I went and bought myself a colt 45. It was called a peace maker, but i never knew why. Never knew why, I didn't understand. Mama says the pistol is the devil's right hand. CHORUS: F#Well (244322@1)I got into a card game in a company town F# (244322@1) C#Caught (x43121@1)a miner cheatin' and I shot the dog down C#I (x43121@1)shot the dog down, I watched the man fall C# (x43121@1) F#Never (244322@1)touched his holster, never had a chance to draw F#The (244322@1)trial was in the morning and they drug me outta bed F# (244322@1) C#They (x43121@1)asked me how i pleaded, not guilty I said C#Not (x43121@1)guilty I said, you got the wrong man C# (x43121@1) F#Nothin (244322@1)touched the trigger but the devils right hand CHORUS: